Disclosing Adverse Events to Patients: International Norms and Trends.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:There is a growing expectation in health systems around the world that patients will be fully informed when adverse events occur. However, current disclosure practices often fall short of this expectation. METHODS:We reviewed trends in policy and practice in 5 countries with extensive experience with adverse event disclosure: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. RESULTS:We identified 5 themes that reflect key challenges to disclosure: (1) the challenge of putting policy into large-scale practice, (2) the conflict between patient safety theory and patient expectations, (3) the conflict between legal privilege for quality improvement and open disclosure, (4) the challenge of aligning open disclosure with liability compensation, and (5) the challenge of measurement related to disclosure. CONCLUSIONS:Potential solutions include health worker education coupled with incentives to embed policy into practice, better communication about approaches beyond the punitive, legislation that allows both disclosure to patients and quality improvement protection for institutions, apology protection for providers, comprehensive disclosure programs that include patient compensation, delinking of patient compensation from regulatory scrutiny of disclosing physicians, legal and contractual requirements for disclosure, and better measurement of its occurrence and quality. A longer-term solution involves educating the public and health care workers about patient safety.

journal_name

J Patient Saf

authors

Wu AW,McCay L,Levinson W,Iedema R,Wallace G,Boyle DJ,McDonald TB,Bismark MM,Kraman SS,Forbes E,Conway JB,Gallagher TH

doi

10.1097/PTS.0000000000000107

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-03-01 00:00:00

pages

43-49

issue

1

eissn

1549-8417

issn

1549-8425

journal_volume

13

pub_type

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